(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations prescribe The National Standards Authority of Ireland as a public body for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (No. 13 of 1997) by its inclusion in subparagraph (5) of paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to that Act.

In accordance with section 3 subparagraph 5 of that Act, these Regulations provide that the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 shall apply to The National Standards Authority of Ireland only as respects specified functions of the body.